James is a design-led architect with a holistic approach to projects and a strong attention to detail. He brings extensive design experience across a high-profile portfolio of local and international work. Passionate about shaping architecture from concept through to delivery, James is particularly engaged in the early stages of design, where he envisions and develops creative ideas that have contributed to numerous award-winning outcomes.
He is known for his calm and grounded leadership style, fostering strong collaboration and seamless project coordination across multidisciplinary teams. With experience spanning every phase of the project, from inception through to completion, James ensures design integrity and excellence are consistently maintained throughout the process.
Driven by the belief that architecture is ‘greater than the sum of its parts,’ James approaches design as a meaningful contribution to society. He sees architecture as a holistic framework that shapes how communities live, work, and connect with their environment. This philosophy underpins his role leading the Design Culture Panel at Turner, where he champions design excellence through reviews, mentorship and practice-wide design initiatives.
Awards
Meridian Miranda - UDIA NSW Crown Group Awards for Excellence
Result: Finalist
Year: 2022
Meridian Miranda - UDIA NSW Crown Group Awards for Excellence
Result: Finalist
Year: 2022
Meridian Miranda - The Urban Developer Awards
Result: Finalist
Year: 2022
Landing - Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Awards
Result: Winner
Year: 2021
Landing - UDIA NSW Awards for Excellence
Result: Finalist
Year: 2021
Landing - PCA Innovation & Excellence Awards (NSW)
Result: Winner
Year: 2022
View some projects James Lauman has worked on
Coastal Threads invites viewers to experience an ever-changing journey through its interlocking curves, creating a natural pathway that unfolds with each step.
The design will feature an outdoor plaza, public marketplace and village green that will create a vibrant community and play a key role in revitalising the Parramatta Road corridor.
The Hills Showground Precinct East is a transport-orientated and community-focused development, that achieves a 5-star Greenstar rating.
A short distance from Epping train station, Senso is a mixed-use precinct that will be a catalyst for urban renewal in the area.
Positioned at the threshold to the parklands to the south and west, Willow delivers 323 apartments, as well as a podium lagoon pool, and flexible community spaces.
A large masterplanned community that has taken an under-utilised waterfront site with a poor urban identity, and created a highly successful mixed-use precinct.
The masterplan represents the next stage of the Wentworth Point urban renewal program, providing a vibrant mixed use precinct on the riverside site.
A vertical mixed use development on a prominent corner in Liverpool, delivering build to rent essential worker housing alongside retail and commercial spaces.
A unique residential precinct that blends private and build to rent affordable housing options to give back to the wider community in the growing Sydney suburb of Miranda.
